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Uncertainty over the future of funding for the UK ECC raises the prospect of redundancies
Posted 20 August 2020 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Brexit|National
UPDATES: Uncertainty over future funding threatened the closure of the UK European Consumer Centre, raising concerns that specialist support for cross-border consumer disputes could disappear after the Brexit transition period.
Staff at the UK European Consumer Centre (UK ECC) face redundancy in the event of no agreement being reached between the UK government and the EU before December 31, 2020.
The UK ECC currently employs 11 staff, mostly specialist legal advisers who are experts on cross-border consumer issues. Their redundancy could mean thousands of UK consumers are left unprotected if the centre closes be...
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